Sexuality, Obscenity, And Community
Subtitle: Women, Muslims, and the Hindu Public in Colonial India
Edition: 1st Palgra edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: May 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780312295455
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian studies; Hinduism; Women's studies; c 1600 to c 1700; Social Science; Sociology; India; Indian sub-continent; Asia - India; Sexuality & Gender Studies; Women's Studies - History; Social Science / Women's Studies; Asia - India & South Asia; Women's Studies - General; History; Social life and customs; Women; Women and religion
First sentence: This book brings together two distinct issues, namely the reconstruction of patriarchy in north India during the later colonial period, and the emergence of aggressive forms of Hindu organisation and ideology over the same period.